Australia 2 - 2 South Africa
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Australia 2-2 South Africa: Modise strikes equaliser
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Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium, England
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Match Time: 20:00 UK
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Australia 2 - 2 South Africa
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Australia 2-2 South Africa: Modise strikes equaliser
Scoring Summary
Australia South Africa
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Match Information
Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium, England
Attendance:
Match Time: 20:00 UK
Teams
Australia South Africa
Substitutions
· Club Squads: Australia | South Africa
Updated: August 19, 2008, 8:00 AM UK
South Africa midfielder Teko Modise struck a magnificent equaliser to ensure Tuesday night's friendly at Loftus Road ended in stalemate.
Strikes from Mile Sterjovski and Joshua Kennedy cancelled out Siyabonga Nkosi's opener to give Australia a deserved half-time lead.
o Santana sings McCarthy praises
The Socceroos dominated the first half but were assisted by abysmal South Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune, whose incompetence helped them to both goals.
But after the interval, when coach Pim Verbeek made a raft of changes, Bafana Bafana assumed control with some enterprising play - crowned by Modise's bullet finish.
Australia approached the match as crucial preparation for the last round of World Cup qualifying and Verbeek gave a large portion of his squad some game time.
Drawn alongside Japan, Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Qatar in Group A, they have a great chance of qualifying for 2010 with tonight's game the penultimate friendly before the serious business begins.
Star names Harry Kewell and Brett Emerton were missing, but they still paraded Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and West Ham defender Lucas Neill.
Benni McCarthy was South Africa's main draw and the Blackburn marksman could only watch as his side were forced to weather an early onslaught.
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